Chris Wherry's Books

Multiskilling for Television Production

By: Peter Ward,Alan Bermingham,Chris Wherry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multiskilling for Television Production

By: Peter Ward,Alan Bermingham,Chris Wherry

Written by television trainers who run their own courses on Multiskilling, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to the broad range of skills and technical knowledge required in this industry. It details all the essential information you need to know, acting as an on-the-job reference source for everyday use. For many broadcasting technicians, one of the biggest challenges in recent years has been the transition from a career working in a solo core skill such as camerawork or audio, to acquiring the experience and expertise of a range of production jobs. Many people are expected to work in a number of crafts and to equip themselves with a much wider range of television techniques than had been customary in the past. Multiskilling has become an integral part of television culture, requiring that new entrants are competent in several specialist production skills. Multiskilling for Television Production concentrates on the techniques associated with news and magazine programme production, where most tecnhical operators are usually employed, but most techniques are shared across the whole spectrum of television and film making. Anyone baffled by the range and scope of skills to be mastered will find this book invaluable.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

781

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317657144

ISBN 13

9781317657149

Louisiana Privateer

By: Chris Clearman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Louisiana Privateer

By: Chris Clearman

Historical, Nautical, Fiction - A Swashbuckler

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1435720520

ISBN 13

9781435720527

Texas Privateer

By: Chris Clearman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Texas Privateer

By: Chris Clearman

Historical Fiction Nautical

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1435750764

ISBN 13

9781435750760

Museums and Heritage Tourism

Theory, Practice and People

By: Chris White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Museums and Heritage Tourism

Theory, Practice and People

By: Chris White

This book examines the symbiotic relationship between museums, heritage attractions and tourism, using a range of international case studies. Divided into three clear sections, the author first outlines a theoretical framework for understanding the role of museums in heritage tourism, before addressing practical challenges of interpretation, design and pandemic response. Finally, he traces the development of museum and heritage attraction design through the key figures of John Ruskin, James Gardner and Alex McCuaig. Each chapter incorporates a key case study, with an international scope including examples from Hong Kong, the UK, Taiwan, Qatar, Dubai and Kuwait. An essential introduction for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in museum studies, heritage studies and tourism management.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

166

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000862739

ISBN 13

9781000862737

Knighthood of the Dragon

By: Chris Bunch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Knighthood of the Dragon

By: Chris Bunch

Captured by the enemy Roche during an aerial raid, dragonmaster Hal Kailas is trapped in a castle by dark sorcery, plotting a daring escape designed to not only secure his own freedom, but than of his people, as well. By the author of Storm of Wings. Original.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

420

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0451460677

ISBN 13

9780451460677

Corsair

By: Chris Bunch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Corsair

By: Chris Bunch

Swashbuckling captain Gareth Radnor has taken command of the Steadfast. But the young captain intends more than seeking his fortune. He wants vengeance against the Linyati slavers who murdered his family. Crewed by a motley band of adventurers, his carrack plunges through the salty waves, striking at the Linyati wherever it can. And then he discovers something more compelling even than revenge: The Linyati aren’t human . . .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

442

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1440553416

ISBN 13

9781440553417

Carnival in the Countryside

The History of the Iowa State Fair

By: Chris Rasmussen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Carnival in the Countryside

The History of the Iowa State Fair

By: Chris Rasmussen

More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair's founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people's desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwise--not least because the fair had to pay for itself. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

228

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1609383575

ISBN 13

9781609383572

Blood of the Innocents

By: Chris Collett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blood of the Innocents

By: Chris Collett

When two teenagers go missing on the same day on Mariner's patch, it seems to be nothing more than a coincidence. Leaving aside their age and disappearance, the two have little in common. Yasmin Akram is the talented grammar school educated daughter of devout Muslim professionals. Ricky Skeet disappears after storming out of his council house after a row with his mother's latest boyfriend. Mariner knows Ricky's mother from his days in uniform, so he is less than happy when his superiors - bowing to media pressure - take him the Skeet case and reassign him to the more politically sensitive investigation. The press - and his bosses - seem convinced that Yasmin's disappearance is a racially motivated abduction, especially since the Akram's have found themselves the target of the far right and a prominent white supremacist group. Working with Asian liaison officer Jamilla Begum on the more high profile case, Mariner soon discovers that the picture of Yasmin her school-friends paint is far different to her parents claim that she is a total innocent?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Piatkus

Published Date

ISBN 10

0748112723

ISBN 13

9780748112722

Voices Found

Free Jazz and Singing

By: Chris Tonelli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Voices Found

Free Jazz and Singing

By: Chris Tonelli

Voices Found: Free Jazz and Singing contributes to a wave of voice studies scholarship with the first book-length study of free jazz voice. It pieces together a history of free jazz voice that spans from sound poetry and scat in the 1950s to the more recent wave of free jazz choirs. The author traces the developments and offers a theory, derived from interviews with many of the most important singers in the history of free jazz voice, of how listeners have experienced and evaluated the often unconventional vocal sounds these vocalists employed. This theory explains that even audiences willing to enjoy harsh sounds from saxophones or guitars often resist when voices make sounds that audiences understand as not-human. Experimental poetry and scat were combined and transformed in free jazz spaces in the 1960s and 1970s by vocalists like Yoko Ono (in solo work and her work with Ornette Coleman and John Stevens), Jeanne Lee (in her solo work and her work with Archie Shepp and Gunter Hampel), Leon Thomas (in his solo work as well as his work with Pharoah Sanders and Carlos Santana), and Phil Minton and Maggie Nicols (who devoted much of their energy to creating unaccompanied free jazz vocal music). By studying free jazz voice we can learn important lessons about what we expect from the voice and what happens when those expectations are violated. This book doesn't only trace histories of free jazz voice, it makes an attempt to understand why this story hasn't been told before, with an impressive breadth of scope in terms of the artists covered, drawing on research from the US, Canada, Wales, Scotland, France, The Netherlands, and Japan.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429802978

ISBN 13

9780429802973

High Life of Oswald Watt

Australia's First Military Pilot

By: Chris Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

High Life of Oswald Watt

Australia's First Military Pilot

By: Chris Clark

‘Father of the Flying Corps’ and ‘Father of Australian Aviation’ were two of the unofficial titles conferred on Oswald (“Toby”) Watt when he died in tragic circumstances shortly after the end of the First World War. He had become the Australian Army’s first qualified pilot in 1911, but spent the first 18 months of the war with the French Air Service, the Aéronautique Militaire , before arranging a rare transfer to the Australian Imperial Force. Already an experienced combat pilot, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Australian Flying Corps, becoming a squadron leader and leading his unit at the battle of Cambrai, then commander of No 1 Training Wing with the senior AFC rank of lieutenant colonel. These were elements in a colourful and at times romantic career long exciting interest and attention—not just during Watt’s lifetime but in the interval since his death nearly a century ago. His name had been rarely out of Australian newspapers for more than a decade before the war, reflecting his wealthy lifestyle and extensive and influential social and political connections. But this focus has enveloped Watt’s story with an array of false and misleading elements verging on mythology. For the first time, this book attempts to establish the true story of Watt’s life and achievements, and provide a proper basis for evaluating his place in Australian history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

413

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1925520161

ISBN 13

9781925520163

Guide to Licensing and Acquiring Electronic Information

By: Stephen Bosch,Patricia Promis,Chris Sugnet

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Guide to Licensing and Acquiring Electronic Information

By: Stephen Bosch,Patricia Promis,Chris Sugnet

Bosch, Promis, and Sugnet provide an extensive bibliography of a variety of print and electronic sources organized by subject and conclude with a comprehensive glossary of electronic-format terms commonly used in the library world. While written primarily for educational institutions, this guide will be of value to all libraries."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

124

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810852594

ISBN 13

9780810852594

Anything From a Pin to an Elephant

Tales of Norfolk Retail

By: Chris Armstrong

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anything From a Pin to an Elephant

Tales of Norfolk Retail

By: Chris Armstrong

This fascinating book tells the stories of five well-known Norfolk independent department stores and the remarkable people behind them.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

222

Publisher

Amberley Publishing Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

1445656531

ISBN 13

9781445656533

Terrified

How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

By: Chris Bail

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Terrified

How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

By: Chris Bail

In July 2010, Terry Jones, the pastor of a small fundamentalist church in Florida, announced plans to burn two hundred Qur'ans on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Though he ended up canceling the stunt in the face of widespread public backlash, his threat sparked violent protests across the Muslim world that left at least twenty people dead. In Terrified, Christopher Bail demonstrates how the beliefs of fanatics like Jones are inspired by a rapidly expanding network of anti-Muslim organizations that exert profound influence on American understanding of Islam. Bail traces how the anti-Muslim narrative of the political fringe has captivated large segments of the American media, government, and general public, validating the views of extremists who argue that the United States is at war with Islam and marginalizing mainstream Muslim-Americans who are uniquely positioned to discredit such claims. Drawing on cultural sociology, social network theory, and social psychology, he shows how anti-Muslim organizations gained visibility in the public sphere, commandeered a sense of legitimacy, and redefined the contours of contemporary debate, shifting it ever outward toward the fringe. Bail illustrates his pioneering theoretical argument through a big-data analysis of more than one hundred organizations struggling to shape public discourse about Islam, tracing their impact on hundreds of thousands of newspaper articles, television transcripts, legislative debates, and social media messages produced since the September 11 attacks. The book also features in-depth interviews with the leaders of these organizations, providing a rare look at how anti-Muslim organizations entered the American mainstream.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

245

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

069117363X

ISBN 13

9780691173634

From Hitler's U-Boats to Khruschev's Spyflights

Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF

By: Chris Clarke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From Hitler's U-Boats to Khruschev's Spyflights

Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF

By: Chris Clarke

This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic insight into this dynamic period of world history.From work as an air gunner, involved in the daunting task of taking on the might of Hitler's U-boat fleet, to post-war involvement in an Intelligence capacity during the dramatic events surrounding Khrushchev and the atomic threat of the late 1950s, Clark's career was dramatic and varied to say the least. Having joined the RAF as an aircraft man just before the Second World War, Clark was destined to take part in a whole range of wartime operational engagements. His career featured involvement in the famous 1941 hunt for the elusive Bismarck, the dangers of life as part of an Air Sea Rescue squadron in conflicted waters, and the experience of training as a gunnery leader (later an instructor), training air gunners for the famed Desert Air Force. His career also took in a fraught period behind enemy lines, when his crew of four were shot down in enemy territory in Northern Italy. Seven weeks in a safe house in Florence are relayed in engaging and dramatic style, as are a raft of other personal and professional achievements, set within the context of the wider conflict. Here is a career that deserves to be recorded and celebrated, and there is perhaps no-one better placed than the subject's son to act as custodian to his thrilling story.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

Pen and Sword

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473826888

ISBN 13

9781473826885

Heritage Revitalisation for Tourism in Hong Kong

The Role of Interpretive Planning

By: Chris White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Heritage Revitalisation for Tourism in Hong Kong

The Role of Interpretive Planning

By: Chris White

Heritage tourism is a global multi-million-dollar phenomenon, influencing national, regional and local cultural identities. Hong Kong finds itself at the confluence of several post-colonial economic, political and social developments and with this comes a greater awareness of the need for more meaningful cultural and heritage tourism products, especially in the form of revitalised heritage attractions. Taking a qualitative approach and using semi-structured in-depth interviews with practitioners and stakeholders in the field, this study explores the role of interpretation in heritage revitalisation projects for tourism in Hong Kong. It seeks to examine why the interpretive element of these projects so often gets diminished during the course of implementation and outlines five propositions that may inform it going forward. Ultimately, the findings of this study suggest that, as issues of local identity become ever more important in Hong Kong, the role of interpretation in the development of its heritage tourism products needs to be holistic, integrated and consistent across public, private and non-governmental sectors. Developing a framework of understanding to identify the contextual issues of interpretation and commodification, this book will be useful to students and scholars of tourism, heritage studies and Asian studies more generally.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

135

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429873816

ISBN 13

9780429873812

Edge Chronicles: Vox

By: Paul Stewart,Chris Riddell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Edge Chronicles: Vox

By: Paul Stewart,Chris Riddell

THE ROOK TRILOGY, Book II High in the crumbling Palace of Statues, oily Vox Verlix—the Most High Academe in name, but really no more than a lowly prisoner—is brewing a terrible plot to take over power in Edgeworld once again. Rook stumbles upon the truth when he is taken captive and forced to work for Vox. Can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian colleagues?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

402

Publisher

David Fickling Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

030752275X

ISBN 13

9780307522757

While the Gentlemen Go By

A story behind the Battle of Goudhurst

By: Chris Tweedie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

While the Gentlemen Go By

A story behind the Battle of Goudhurst

By: Chris Tweedie

It's the Spring of 1747. A soldier returns home to the picturesque village of Goudhurst in the High Weald of the southeastern English county of Kent.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

207

Publisher

Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1803139013

ISBN 13

9781803139012

Penguin Writers' Guides: Writing for Business

By: Chris Shevlin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Penguin Writers' Guides: Writing for Business

By: Chris Shevlin

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. Business demands many different types of writing skills - from creating proposals and presentations to compiling reports and briefings. This one-stop, no-nonsense guide shows you how to improve your writing at work: including how to discover your strengths and weaknesses, how to identify your audience, how to develop your argument and keep information flowing while avoiding overused jargon. It shows how to make the most of the language you use and make your writing effective and influential.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

158

Publisher

Penguin UK

Published Date

ISBN 10

0141954167

ISBN 13

9780141954165

Shakespeare and the Countess

By: Chris Laoutaris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shakespeare and the Countess

By: Chris Laoutaris

In November 1596, a countess signed a document that would nearly destroy the career of William Shakespeare. Who was this woman who played such an instrumental, yet little known, role in Shakespeare's life? Never far from controversy when she was alive—she sparked numerous riots and indulged in acts of bribery, breaking-and-entering, and kidnapping—Lady Elizabeth Russell has been edited out of public memory, yet the chain of events she set in motion would make Shakespeare the legendary figure we all know today. Lady Elizabeth Russell’s extraordinary life made her one of the most formidable women of the Renaissance. The daughter of King Edward VI’s tutor, she blazed a trail across Elizabethan England as an intellectual and radical Protestant. And, in November 1596, she became the leader of a movement aimed at destroying the career of William Shakespeare—a plot that resulted in the closure of the Blackfriars Theatre but the construction, instead, of the Globe. Providing new pieces to this puzzle, Chris Laoutaris's rousing history reveals for the first time this startling battle against Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

642

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

160598793X

ISBN 13

9781605987934

Combat Over the Trenches

Oswald Watt, Aviation Pioneer

By: Chris Clarke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Combat Over the Trenches

Oswald Watt, Aviation Pioneer

By: Chris Clarke

Father of the Flying Corps' and 'Father of Australian Aviation' were two of the unofficial titles conferred on Oswald ("Toby") Watt when he died in tragic circumstances shortly after the end of the First World War. He had become the Australian Army's first qualified pilot in 1911, but spent the first 18 months of the war with the French Air Service, the Aronautique Militaire, before arranging a transfer to the Australian Imperial Force. Already an experienced combat pilot, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Australian Flying Corps, becoming a squadron leader and leading his unit at the battle of Cambrai, then commander of No 1 Training Wing with the senior AFC rank of lieutenant colonel.These were elements in a colorful and at times a romantic career long existing interest and attention - not just during Watt's lifetime but in the interval since his death nearly a century ago. His name had been rarely out of Australian newspapers for more than a decade before the war, reflecting his wealthy lifestyle and extensive and influential social and political connections. But this focus has enveloped Watt's story with an array of false and misleading elements verging on mythology. For the first time, this book attempts to establish the true story of Watt's life and achievements, and provide a proper basis for evaluating his place in Australian history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1526715031

ISBN 13

9781526715036

The War on Science

Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada

By: Chris Turner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The War on Science

Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada

By: Chris Turner

A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on science In this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner contends that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations, and the environmental NGO community is the most vicious assault ever waged by a Canadian government on the fundamental principles of the Enlightenment. From the closure of Arctic research stations as oil drilling begins in the High Arctic to slashed research budgets in agriculture, dramatic changes to the nation's fisheries policy, and the muzzling of government scientists, Harper's government has effectively dismantled Canada's long-standing scientific tradition. Drawing on interviews with scientists whose work has been halted by budget cuts and their colleagues in an NGO community increasingly treated as an enemy of the state, The War on Science paints a vivid and damning portrait of a government that has abandoned environmental stewardship and severed a nation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

176

Publisher

Greystone Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1771004320

ISBN 13

9781771004329

The House of Waterlow

By: Chris Waterlow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The House of Waterlow

By: Chris Waterlow

The House Of Waterlow – A Printer’s Tale is the true story of the rise and fall of one of the printing industry’s greatest family dynasties. Starting from humble beginnings as descendants of immigrant Huguenot silk weavers, members of the Waterlow family went on to establish a stationery and printing business which quickly expanded to become one of the biggest and most famous printing dynasties of the last 200 years. The book follows the life of the family firm, which starts out providing printing and stationery for the legal profession and the expansion of the railways in the 1850s, to numerous prestigious security jobs for governments at home and abroad, and half a century of printing the media listings magazine, the Radio Times. However, in the late 1920s, Waterlow & Sons became an unwitting victim in one of the biggest fraud and forgery cases in British legal history. The firm was never really the same again and, like so many of its contemporaries, fell victim to the industry’s upheavals of the 1970s and 80s. This fascinating story will take you through the Waterlow family’s origins, including great industrial expansion and the coming to prominence of one of the Victorian era’s great philanthropists, to ending up in the highest court in the land and eventually to the sad demise and obscurity of the company.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783060166

ISBN 13

9781783060160

The Edge Chronicles 8: Vox

Second Book of Rook

By: Paul Stewart,Chris Riddell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Edge Chronicles 8: Vox

Second Book of Rook

By: Paul Stewart,Chris Riddell

When young librarian knight Rook Barkwater is taken captive and forced to work for Vox Verlix – nominally the Most High Academe, but no more than a prisoner in reality – he stumbles across a terrible truth. Vox is brewing a plot to destroy the goblins and the shrykes at a stroke, so that he can seize control of the Edgeworld for himself. Can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian friends and colleagues? Vox is the second book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

404

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1446498255

ISBN 13

9781446498255

Jacques Tourneur

The Cinema of Nightfall

By: Chris Fujiwara

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jacques Tourneur

The Cinema of Nightfall

By: Chris Fujiwara

At least three of director Jacques Tourneur's films--Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man--are recognized as horror classics. Yet his contributions to these films are often minimized by scholars, with most of the credit going to the films' producer, Val Lewton. A detailed examination of the director's full body of work reveals that those elements most evident in the Tourneur-Lewton collaborations--the lack of monsters and the stylized use of suggested violence--are equally apparent in Tourneur's films before and after his work with Lewton. Mystery and sensuality were hallmarks of his style, and he possessed a highly artistic visual and aural style. This insightful critical study examines each of Tourneur's films, as well as his extensive work on MGM shorts (1936-1942) and in television. What emerges is evidence of a highly coherent directorial style that runs throughout Tourneur's works.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

341

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786466111

ISBN 13

9780786466115

The Consulting Trap

How Professional Service Firms Hook Governments and Undermine Democracy

By: Chris Hurl,Leah B. Werner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Consulting Trap

How Professional Service Firms Hook Governments and Undermine Democracy

By: Chris Hurl,Leah B. Werner

The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability and accessible public services. Hurl and Werner contend that firms like McKinsey, Accenture, KPMG and Deloitte increasingly take responsibility for core public services, trapping governments in cycles of dependency. Through orchestrating tax avoidance for the wealthy while engineering austerity for the rest, these firms have created the foundations for the deepening privatization of the public services, further entrenching their power. Drawing on case studies from Canada and around the world, Hurl and Werner investigate how big consultancies leverage social networks, institutionalize relationships, mine and commodify data, and establish policy pipelines that facilitate the quick diffusion of ideas across jurisdictions. Drawing from real world examples, The Consulting Trap offers strategies for how these powerful firms can be resisted using people’s audits, public consultations, access to information requests, and social network analyses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

130

Publisher

Fernwood Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1773636839

ISBN 13

9781773636832

The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build

By: Chris Kulczycki

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build

By: Chris Kulczycki

[Here] paddlers will find plans and instructions for building and finishing three new stitch-and-glue designs - a touring kayak, a fast sea kayak, and a flat-water kayak - that are even more elegant, durable, and functional than their forerunners. ..."--Back cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

212

Publisher

McGraw Hill Professional

Published Date

ISBN 10

0071357866

ISBN 13

9780071357869

Blood Ties

By: Chris C. Humphreys

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blood Ties

By: Chris C. Humphreys

Years have gone by since the events surrounding the death of Anne Boleyn. But her missing hand and all that it represents to the dark world of 16th century Europe still draws the powerful to seek it out. Jean Rombaud the French executioner of the first novel has grown old, both in age and spirit. Wearied by the betrayal of a son and the scorn of a wife, he fights in the seemingly never ending siege of Siena. Meanwhile, Gianni Rombaud has forsaken everything his ageing father stands for and now kills heathen for the Inquisition in Rome. Then he is summoned by Cardinal Carafa himself. His masters no longer merely want his dagger in the hearts of Jews, they want the hand of the dead queen. But, only three people know where it is buried, and one of them is Gianni's father...

Average ratings

N/A